Fiction vs. Facts & Reality

Old Lies, New Ties: Eritrea, Once Again the Convenient Scapegoat

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by Ghidewon Abay Asmerom There is a familiar ritual in Ethiopian politics: when the center cracks, blame Eritrea. When agreements fail, blame Eritrea. When Ethiopian...

After the Ship Has Sailed: Ethiopia’s Myth of 3,000-Year Ownership of the Red Sea Coast

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By Simon Zecharias Introduction: Ethiopia did not lose Assab in 1993. It lost an occupation. It lost the temporary possession of a coastline that had never...

Eritrea’s Road Towards an Organic State and its Institutional Reality

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By Mihreteab Medhanie Introduction One of the laziest accusations repeated against Eritrea is the claim that the country has “no institutions”...

The Myth of Foreign Military Bases In Eritrea

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Eritrea is not for Sale! by Ghidewon Abay Asmerom Few accusations reveal the dishonesty of anti-Eritrean propaganda more clearly than the...

Closed to Domination: Eritrea and the West’s Open–Closed Myth

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By Aaron Abraha and Ghidewon Abay Asmerom Part II The Myth of the “Open” West and the “Closed” Rest One of the...

Closed to Domination: Eritrea and the West’s Open–Closed Myth

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By Aaron Abraha and Ghidewon Abay Asmerom Part I Eritrea : The Genesis of a Western Smear Before a country is sanctioned,...

The Frog with a Landlocked Navy: Ethiopia’s Red Sea Delusion

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Eritrea Is Capable of Securing Its Red Sea Coast and Maritime Domain by David Yeh There are myths, and then there...

If Eritrea is Artificial, then so is Africa—and Even More so Ethiopia

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by Ghidewon Abay Asmerom MYTH: "Eritrea is an artificial colonial creation of Italy and sustained by Arab patronage" FACT: Eritrean independence...
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